Award-winning Bitcoin and crypto education
Learn Bitcoin before you risk a dollar.
Crypto and Bitcoin: A Story-Driven Beginner’s Guide to the Origins of Bitcoin, Self-Custody, Risk, Money, and a Millionaire Mindset is Michael A. Duniec’s educational guide to Bitcoin history, crypto fundamentals, self-custody, money, risk, and long-term opportunity.
What readers get
A calm guide through a noisy market.
This book starts at the beginning: Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin’s launch, early mining, Mt. Gox, Silk Road, wallets, exchanges, inflation, CBDCs, DeFi, Web3, and the security habits every reader should understand before chasing opportunity.
- Understand Bitcoin’s origin story and why decentralization matters.
- Learn the difference between exchanges, hot wallets, and cold storage.
- See crypto through money supply, inflation, regulation, and risk.
- Build a long-term mindset instead of reacting to market noise.
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The quick introduction.
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Editorial response
Trusted for beginners, history, and practical context.
“Encourages readers to learn all they can and adopt a Millionaire Mindset that favors patience and slow, sustained growth over get-rich-quick schemes.”Kirkus Reviews
“A comprehensive beginner’s guide to Bitcoin and crypto investing.”BookLife Rating: A
“A must-read for anyone who wants to grasp the significance of this digital revolution and its potential impact on our financial future.”Readers’ Favorite
Reader review themes
Why cautious beginners keep engaging.
Across public reader platforms and verified Amazon review themes, the strongest pattern is not hype. Readers respond to the book’s clear explanations, historical grounding, and practical risk awareness.
Beginner-friendly
Readers looking for a first serious Bitcoin book get definitions, context, and a guided path instead of jargon.
History-first
The book connects Satoshi, mining, Mt. Gox, Silk Road, exchanges, regulation, and DeFi into one timeline.
Risk-aware
Self-custody, seed phrases, scams, volatility, and long-term behavior are treated as core education, not footnotes.
Start with safety
Not your keys, not your coins.
The book emphasizes self-custody, backup discipline, and security thinking so readers can understand crypto without confusing curiosity for recklessness.
Holiday 2026 pre-release
The Golden Bitcoin
Book Two in Michael A. Duniec’s Crypto and Bitcoin Education Series moves from green greed to Bitcoin gold: a plain-English 2026 guide to hard money, ETFs, stablecoins, power markets, self-custody, global adoption, AI agents, and the digital-gold thesis.
Built as the second step.
Start with award-winning Crypto and Bitcoin for the origin story, wallets, mining, scams, security, CBDCs, DeFi, and beginner vocabulary. Continue with The Golden Bitcoin for ETFs, the 2024 halving, Strategic Bitcoin Reserve language, stablecoins, power markets, AI-agent payments, and what changed after the green rush.
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